I think every home in Kerala stocks up a minimum of two pickles, the common varities being lemon, mango, gooseberry, garlic etc. Dates, meat and fish pickles are usualy reserved for special occassions. We are, atleast my family is, so much in love with pickles that every meal, however scrumptious it
Kappa puzhingiyathu is small, soft pieces of boiled tapioca and is usually paired with thayir sammanthi which may be described as curd chutney with a strong chili hit. It is probably the simplest of meals from Kerala, but is truly delicious. I have spent many a happy tea time at my mother’s house ea
I have already shared a recipe for soft and pillowy palappams here. But I recently tried out this recipe, and while the taste was almost similar, the appams were definitely much, much softer. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the dish, appam is a leavened rice bread from Kerala. It is an abso
My son loves paneer and demands paneer curry (or pizza, if he is feeling lucky) almost every weekend. In an attempt to make a healthy curry, I substituted paneer with tofu and paired it with whole wheat Kerala porotta instead of plain flour ones. He heard me blabber about the substitutions and pulle
Matar Paneer is a North Indian curry consisting of green peas and paneer cooked in a tomato and onion gravy and spiced with garam masala. You can substitute paneer with tofu for a vegan version. I must be one of those few folks who enjoys grocery shopping. I know many people keep a list when they g
You know that kebabs are essentially grilled or roasted meat and vegetables. So, if I told you I was going to make kebabs out of curd, you would think I was loosing it. The soft texture of curd would make it a ridiculous choice of ingredient for a kebab, right? Or so I thought till I sampled these d
I spend my lunch time in office with a gang of girls gossiping, sampling each others’ lunch, cribbing about weight gain and swapping recipes. Because everyone else is a vegetarian and non keralite, I get to taste a lot of things that I am not familiar with, such as Akki Roti, Bisi Bele Bath, Vaangi
Have you ever wondered about the kind of relationship you will share with your spouse a few years down the line, when you are old? After many years of togetherness, will there be anything left to talk about, or will a perpetual silence prevail to be occasionally broken by visiting children and grand children? Will outings be as much fun as they are now, or will you be too tired and grumpy to move out of your reclining chairs? In my family, uncles and aunts seem to be enjoying retired life in luxurious homes with their pets and gardens, large flat screen plasma TVs for the latest movies and all the “mega” serials, comfortable cars to take them to marriages and engagement ceremonies, exhibitions and sales. I just can’t wait to get retired! A part of my maternal uncle’s daily routine is a game of cards in the evening at the “Elder’s Club”. Though the name suggests a unisex club, women are a big no-no here (they surely don’t want anyone telling them off when their gossip goes over the limi
I saw some videos of the Kiss of Love and my first thought was that these people needed to refine their technique somehow. The kisses looked nothing like the Hollywood kinds that make you weak in the knees. They weren’t even as tasteful as an Emraan Hashmi kissing episode. Instead they made you avert your eyes till the voice of the news reader assured you that it was safe to look. The Kiss of Love was supposed to be a protest against moral policing, sparked by a string of violent incidents perpetrated by Kerala’s very own custodians of morality. I have no idea how saying 1, 2, 3 and springing into kissing action, in public, is supposed to safeguard your right to catch the late night movie with friends of the opposite sex, exchange teddy bears on Valentine’s Day, wait for a bus all by yourself especially if you are a woman etc without being afraid of getting beaten up by an angry mob. And my doubts grew stronger as I watched two women kiss (each other) passionately, one eye on the camer
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